The 6888th Battalion on parade in Rouen, France, in the square in which Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in 1431. Photograph by Pfc. Stedman, May 27, 1945. NAID 175539237, local ID: 111-SC-426441.

Members of the 6888th Battalion eat from mess kits at their Women’s Army Corps (WAC) quarters in England. Pictured are Tec. 5 Mary E. Walker; Private Erman Trude Finch; Corporal Callie K. Smith; Tec. 4 Evelyn Martin; Private Virginia Blake; and Private Gladys S. Carte. Photograph by Pfc. George Holt, February 15, 1945. NAID 175539135, local ID 111-SC-200790.

Major Charity E. Adams (right) and Captain Mary Kearney (left) inspect the 6888th Battalion in England on February 15, 1945. NAID: 531249, local ID: 111-SC-200791.

The 688th Battalion in formation, awaiting inspection. Battalion members stand in front of their Women’s Army Corps quarters in England. Photograph by Pfc. George Holt, February 15, 1945. NAID: 175539133, local ID: 111-SC-200585.

Virginia Lane in her Army uniform, ca. 1944. Printed in the St. Paul Recorder, March 9, 1945, 1.

Henrietta Barclay Paist, ca. 1895–1899.

Gratia Alta Countryman (left) and an unidentified woman at a luncheon, March 20, 1936.

Dakota lace makers display their work at a photography studio in Morton, Minnesota (Birch Coulee), ca. 1900. Pictured are (left to right): Mary Wabasha, Lucy Thomas, Amelia St. Clair, Julia Jones, Julia Lawrence, and Hanna Wells. Collection III.40.102, Minnesota Historical Society.

Dakota lace makers from Birch Coulee, including Maggie Whipple, display their work at a photography studio in Morton, Minnesota, ca. 1900. Collection III.40.101, Minnesota Historical Society.